Entrust Identity Verification as a Service allows remote verification of an individual’s claimed identity for immigration, border management, or digital services delivery. This innovative process utilizes smartphone reading and validation of electronic machine readable travel documents (ePassports or eIDs), combined with ability to remotely access the trusted biometrics for comparison with a live, current facial biometric. Entrust Identity Verification as a Service builds on Entrust’s decades of digital identity expertise and 50+ years of security innovation. It provides an ability to remotely verify that the individual is who they say they are, based on an ICAO-compliant eMRTD and a trusted ISO quality biometric matched to the individual. Key features include: • Smartphone delivery for convenient user access • Encrypted end-to-end security permits transmission over public networks • Step-by-step instructions guide users through application process • Uses the smartphone camera and contactless reader (NFC) functionality to read the applicant’s identity documents • Verifies documentation as authentic and valid • Facilitates lost or stolen and watchlist checks and alerts • Supports rules-based workflow functionality for eligibility checks, approvals, and referrals • Enables a secure verified communication link with applicants • Configurable rules-based workflow functionality for eligibility checks, approvals, and referrals • Integrates easily within existing or planned digital enrollment process • Provides a secure communication link with applicants • Built-in monitoring and reporting tools for performance and usage